GLOBAL SUCCESS 12

UNIT 8:
WILDLIFE
CONSERVATIO
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LESSON 5

START

LESSON 5

LISTENING
Video watching
• Task 1: Discussion.
• Task 2: Choose the correct
meanings.
• Task 3: Choose the correct answer.
• Task 4: Complete the notes.
Task 5: Discuss the questions
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM
UP
The extinction of rare
animals is a big
problem for humanity,
what is the cause?

VIDEO 1

WARM
UP
Wildlife Hunting

WARM
UP
Deforestatio
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ENDANGE
RED
SPECIES

VIDEO 2

PRELISTENING
1 Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions.
What is happening to the tigers in
the pictures? What can we do to
protect the tigers?

PRELISTENING
2 Choose the correct meanings of the underlined words and phrases.
1. Natural habitats have been degraded by human activity.
A. made worse in quality
B. made endangered
2. Forest clearance to meet other land needs can destroy
the natural habitats of many species.
A. removing broken trees
B. cutting down trees and other plants

PRELISTENING
2 Choose the correct meanings of the underlined words and phrases.
3. Reducing the demand for wild animal parts can help
stop poaching.
A. the need or desire for particular goods
B. things that someone forces you to do
4. Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if
they were released into the wild.
A. born while being kept in special facilities
B. born while living in the forest

VIDEO 3

REVIEW
GAME

Choose the correct meanings of
the underlined words and phrases.

Natural habitats have been
degraded by human
activity.

A. made worse in
quality
B. made
endangered

VIDEO 4

Forest clearance to meet other
land needs can destroy the
natural habitats of many
species.

A. removing broken
trees
B. cutting down trees and other
plants

Reducing the demand for
wild animal parts can help
stop poaching.

A. the need or desire for particular
goods
B. things that someone forces you to
do

Animals bred in captivity
would probably not survive if
they were released into the
wild.

A. born while being kept in special
facilities
B. born while living in the
forest

VIDEO 5

3

ENDANGERED
LISTEN TO A TALK AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,
SPECIESl
B, OR C.

1. What is the talk mainly
about.
A. Threats facing tigers.
B. Ways to protect tigers.
C. The world's tiger population.

- First, tigers have lost a large
part of their natural habitats.
- However, the most serious
threat facing tigers today is
poaching and the illegal trade in
tiger parts.

3

ENDANGERED
LISTEN TO A TALK AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,
SPECIES

B, OR C.
2. Which line graph shows the population of tigers over the past
100 years?

Over the last 100 years, the world's wild tiger population has declined significantly. At the
beginning of the 20th century, there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. From an estimated 7,0008,000 in the late 1990s, wild tiger numbers decreased by more than half in 2010. For the first
time in 2016, there was a slight increase. However, there were still only about 4,500 wild tigers
around the world in 2023.

3

ENDANGERED
LISTEN TO A TALK AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,
SPECIES
B, OR C.
3. As their habitats become smaller, tigers
_____.
A. look for food in forests
B. enter farmers' houses
C. attack farm animals

As their habitats become smaller,
they find it hard to find food. So
they are forced to enter villages
and attack farm animals, which
often results in killing the tigers
by the farmers.

3

ENDANGERED
LISTEN TO A TALK AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,
SPECIES
B, OR C.

4. What have the tiger breeding farms led
to?
A.The creation of conservation centres.
B. An increase in poaching.
C. A decrease in the use of tiger parts

These farms were originally set up
with tiger conservation in mind, as
a way to stop poaching. However,
these breeding farms led to an
increase in poaching.

4

ENDANGERED
LISTEN
TO THE TALK AGAIN AND COMPLETE THE NOTES. USE ONE
SPECIES
WORD OR A NUMBER FOR EACH GAP

Estimated population in 2023
-There were about (1)4500 wild tigers left in the world.
Threats facing tigers
•Habitat loss:
- Tigers' habitats have been (2)destroyed or degraded by human activity.
- Habitat loss forces tigers to (3)survive in small, unnatural environments.
• Poaching and illegal trade in tiger parts:
- Tigers were poached for their (4)skins used to make fur coats and home
decorations.
- Tigers are also poached for their bones, teeth, and other body parts, which
are used to make traditional (5)medicines .

CONSOLIDATI
ON
1 Wrap-up

What have you learnt today?
• Some lexical items about endangered species
• Listening for specific information and main idea

CONSOLIDATI
ON
2 Homework

• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Practice listening and doing the exercises again

GLOBAL SUCCESS 12

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